ZURICH (Reuters) – ABB has bought a company specialising in boosting the mobility of industrial robots – by using artificial intelligence and 3D vision to move around factories and warehouses. The deal to buy Sevensense, a Swiss start-up, is the latest robotics investment by ABB and follows growing demand for …

LONDON (Reuters) – Factbox on Andy Farrell, who was appointed British & Irish Lions head coach on Thursday for the 2025 tour to Australia. Born: May 30, 1975 in Wigan, England. Playing Career *Made debut at 16 for rugby league club Wigan in 1991. *Played for Britain 34 times consecutively, …

KOTA BARU: Police arrested four people, including a married couple, and confiscated two pistols in separate raids in Pasir Mas and Tumpat on Wednesday (Jan 10). Kelantan police chief Comm Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said in the first raid on a house in Kampung Gual Arang in Pasir Mas at …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Bhd has granted tawarruq asset financing facilities totalling RM2.7 billion to Prolintas Managers Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned company of Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings Sdn Bhd (Prolintas). This financing would serve as a crucial economic driver to assist Prolintas group in its comprehensive restructuring exercise involving …

KOTA TINGGI: Residents in Kota Tinggi have been urged to prepare to evacuate in case of flooding as the Malaysian Meteorological Department (Met Malaysia) has predicted heavy rainfall in the district over the weekend. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said there were 65 flood hotspots in the district …

KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB IB) expects Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) momentum to resume accelerating in 2024, in tandem with rosier trade prospects and improved investment appetite. The research house also foresees more signs of recovery in export performance in the first half of 2024 (1H 2024), …

KULAI: A total of 158 communication transmitter stations nationwide have been affected by floods and 151 of these have been restored and are operational, says Teo Nie Ching. The Deputy Communications Minister said out of the 158 affected transmitter stations, 66 are in Terengganu, Kelantan (59), Johor (21), Pahang (nine), …

(Reuters) – Several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the spot price of bitcoin will start trading in the U.S. on Thursday before the bell in a landmark moment for the cryptocurrency industry that has been demanding regulatory approval for more than a decade. The green light from the U.S. Securities …

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Bayern Munich kick off the year with their Bundesliga match against visiting Hoffenheim on Friday, hoping to cut the gap to leaders Bayer Leverkusen as the league resumes after a three-week-winter break. Overshadowed by the death of Germany and Bayern great Franz Beckenbauer last week, the …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria signed an agreement on Thursday on a joint plan to clear mines floating in the Black Sea as a result of the war in Ukraine, following months of talks between the NATO allies. Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler, his Romanian counterpart Angel Tilvar …